Gregory Parkes

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Gregory Lawrence Parkes

JCL
Bishop of St. Petersburg
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseMiami
DioceseSt. Petersburg
AppointedNovember 28, 2016
InstalledJanuary 4, 2017
PredecessorRobert Nugent Lynch
Orders
OrdinationJune 26, 1999
by Norbert Dorsey, C.P.
ConsecrationJune 5, 2012
by Thomas Gerard Wenski, John Gerard Noonan, and Felipe de Jesús Estévez
Personal details
Born (1964-04-02) April 2, 1964 (age 57)
Mineola, New York
Previous post(s)Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
MottoNOMINI TUO DA GLORIAM
Styles of
Gregory Lawrence Parkes
Coat of arms of Gregory Lawrence Parkes (Saint Petersburg).svg
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Gregory Lawrence Parkes (born April 2, 1964) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church,

Parkes is serving as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida since 2017. He served as the Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee from 2012 to 2016. His brother Stephen Parkes is the Bishop of Savannah in Georgia.

Early life and education[]

Gregory Lawrence Parkes was born in Mineola, New York. For primary school, he attended St. Rose of Lima School in Massapequa, New York. Parkes graduated from Massapequa High School and attended Daytona Beach Community College. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Florida State University and worked in banking in Tampa for seven years. [1][2]

Parkes decided to become a priest after attending morning masses and prayers. He studied for the priesthood at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary. In 1990, Parkes entered the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a bachelor's degree in theology and a licentiate in canon law in 2000.[3] [1][4]

On June 26, 1999 Parkes was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Orlando by Bishop Norbert Dorsey.[5][6]

Priesthood[]

After ordination, Parkes served as the parochial vicar of Holy Family Parish in Orlando, Florida (1999–2005) and was the founding pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in Celebration, Florida from 2005–2012.

Parkes was the chancellor of the Orlando diocese from 2005–2012. He became its vicar general in 2009.[3]

Episcopal career[]

Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee[]

On March 20, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Parkes as the fifth Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee. He attended his first Ad Limina meeting prior to consecration. Parkes was installed and consecrated on June 5, 2012 at St. Paul's Church in Pensacola, Florida. Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski was the consecrating prelate. Bishops John Gerard Noonan and Felipe de Jesús Estévez were the co-consecrators.[5]

Bishop of St. Petersburg[]

On November 28, 2016, Pope Francis appointed Parkes as Bishop of St. Petersburg, succeeding Robert Nugent Lynch.[7] He was installed and consecrated at the Cathedral of Saint Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg on January 4, 2017. For his pastoral motto, Parkes chose “To your name give the glory” from Psalm 115, Verse 1.[2]

On November 14, 2018, Parkes was elected treasurer of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).[2]

On October 17, 2018, Parkes and the Diocese of St. Peterburg were named in a sexual abuse lawsuit by Mark Cattell, a Virginia resident. Cattell alleged that, at age nine, he had been abused in 1981 by Robert D. Huneke, a priest at Christ the King Parish in Tampa. In 1980, Huneke had sent a letter to the Bishop of Rockville Centre in New York, saying he had abused a boy named John Salveson years earlier in New York. On Aug. 7, 1981, Salveson, now an adult, had written Bishop William Thomas Larkin about Huneke. Despite Salveson's complaints, the diocese did not removed Huneke from ministry until 1982.[8]

Parkes attended his second Ad Limina visit in 2019. While meeting with Francis, the Pope noticed Parkes' 6'8" height and asked if he played basketball. He has started his View from the Top podcast giving an overview of the diocese and the Invitation to Worship Podcast, which gives a quick overview of the weekly reading.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Previous Bishops of the Diocese". Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Most Reverend Gregory L. Parkes". Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Pope Accepts Resignation of Bishop Doran of Rockford, IL, Names Msgr. David Malloy to Succeed Him; Names Father Gregory Parkes of Diocese of Orlando, FL, as Bishop Of Pensacola-Tallahassee, FL". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  4. ^ CNA. "Pope meets United States' newest and tallest bishop". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Bishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.[self-published source]
  6. ^ "Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee". GCatholic.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  7. ^ Harris, Elise (November 28, 2016). "Pope taps Tallahassee bishop to lead St. Petersburg diocese". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Man files suit against Diocese of St. Petersburg saying a Tampa priest sexually abused him in the 1980s, by Waveney Ann Moore, Tampa Bay Times (October 17, 2018)". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

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Episcopal succession[]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of St. Petersburg
2017–Present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
2012–2017 		Succeeded by
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